Nonstop flight route between Jinan, Shandong, China and Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA), Jinan, Shandong, China and Pope Field (POB), Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 7,352 miles (or 11,832 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport and Pope Field, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport and Pope Field. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA):

• Because of Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport's relatively low elevation of 76 feet, planes can take off or land at Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The closest airport to Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is Weifang Airport (WEF), which is located 106 miles (171 kilometers) E of TNA.
• Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport", other names for TNA include "济南遥墙国际机场" and "Jǐnán Yáoqiáng Guójì Jīchǎng".
• The furthest airport from Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA) is Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport (CSZ), which is nearly antipodal to Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (meaning Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Brigadier Hector Eduardo Ruiz Airport), and is located 12,373 miles (19,912 kilometers) away in Coronel Suárez, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport handled 7,664,111 passengers last year.

Facts about Pope Field (POB):

• The closest airport to Pope Field (POB) is Simmons Army Airfield (FBG), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) ESE of POB.
• Pope AFB is named after First Lieutenant Harley Halbert Pope who was killed on January 7, 1919, when the Curtiss JN-4 Jenny he was flying crashed into the Cape Fear River.
• The 317th TAW flew the C-130E aircraft.
• After the war, Pope Field became Pope Air Force Base with the creation of the United States Air Force on 18 September 1947.
• Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires.
• In August 1971, the 464th inactivated and the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing administratively moved to Pope AFB from Lockbourne AFB, Ohio.
• The 464th provided airlift of troops and cargo, participated in joint airborne training with Army forces, and took part in tactical exercises in the United States and overseas.
• In April 1992, A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft were transferred to the 75th Fighter Squadron from the 353d FS / 354th FW at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina prior to the wing's inactivation and the base's closure in January 1993.
• On September 21, 1954, Ninth AF turned Pope over to the 464th Troop Carrier Wing which transferred from Lawson AFB, Georgia.
• The furthest airport from Pope Field (POB) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,630 miles (18,716 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.